Politics and Governance

Image courtesy Hilary Burage Keynote address delivered at the 4th Annual Research Symposium of National Centre for Advanced Studies (NCAS) in Social Sciences and Humanities, Colombo, Sri Lanka on December 20th 2017….

Featured image courtesy president.gov.lk On November 8 President Maithripala Sirisena called the irregularities around the Central Bank bond issue a “maha vinashaya” (a huge destruction) and said that those behind it must accept…

Featured image courtesy Dhivehisitee To the outside world, the Maldives is known as a “Paradise on earth” with its white sandy beaches and crystal clear lagoons. However, its troubled political realm is little recognised….

October 30 marks the beginning of a Parliamentary debate around the recently released draft interim report on constitutional reform by the Steering Committee in the Constitutional Assembly. In order to better inform the…

Featured image courtesy Edson Chilundo/Flickr At this moment in Sri Lanka, ‘the abortion debate’ has sprung up once again; with the cabinet purportedly attempting to pass a bill which would legalize abortions…

Featured image courtesy @AshinWirathu “There is nothing wrong in this. I admit I gave the order… Here, you don’t get me worked up.” Mahinda Rajapaksa (responding to questions about the sil-redi verdict)[i]…

Featured image courtesy Paula Bronstein/The Global Mail Discovered through a tweet this morning that the article ‘Champika, Rathana Thera responsible for Gnanasara Thera’s actions’, published in print and on the Daily Mirror…

Image courtesy Al Jazeera Prof Pratap Bhanu Mehta, an eminent Indian Political scientist shared his insights into incorporating socio-economic rights in the new constitution in Sri Lanka recently. Speaking at a public…

Featured image courtesy Sri Lanka Brief/@UthayaShalin Earlier this week, Parliament debated, on an adjournment motion by the TNA, the unresolved issues of the North and East, namely dealing with the effects and…